Big Brother 17: Power of Veto Show Blog Party - July 29

Good evening! Ready for a blog party?

As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll update this entry with the major happenings. Refresh the page to get the latest. As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

Let's get this party started!

Recap, recap, recap.

Aw, poor Shelli is upset that Clay is on the block. And, Vanessa isn't happy that she remains HoH and the plan to backdoor Austin will be on her hands. James is apologetic over winning the BOB when he was supposed to lose. Liz is very suspicious that James might have thrown the comp. Austin thinks they might have been trying to set up Liz. Of course, he thinks Steve is the backdoor target.

Liz tells us that she doesn't like Austin in a romantic way. Meanwhile, he's starting to be head over heels. Sucks to be him, eh?

Time to pick players for the veto comp! Vanessa draws first, gets Houseguest's Choice and goes for Shelli, Clay draws Johnny Mac, Becky draws Liz.

Jason, the PoV comp host, announces it's time to Get Nutty. They're dressed like squirrels. (Unlike what Meg says about not doing squirrels in NYC, they do, too. Washington Square Park even has black squirrels.) They have send nuts down a chute, retrieve them and collect them. Jason pronounces squirrel as squarel.

Clay wins the PoV! Becky cries. She's lost three comps in a row. But this one leaves her on the block. She thinks the plan to backdoor Austin is still in the works, though. Silly gal. Fickle is Vanessa.

Vanessa thinks she must tell Liz the backdoor Austin plan. She tells her that Austin told Jason about the twins. Liz knew it already. Then she said that Jason said Austin said everyone needs to go after Julia. "I don't even like him," she whines. Liz thinks they're down an alliance number if Austin goes out and he was (stupidly) trying to protect her.

Now it's time for Austin to beg for his life. I already saw this on the feeds. It went on forever. She sends him on to convince Shelli and Clay that he has a case to stay. He begs to them.

Note that Clay has a mini-Trump thing going on with his hair. Ew.

The Outback dinner prize is going down. Each can choose a guest. Vanessa, Becky. Liz, Austin. James, Clay. A good time was had by all.

Shelli works on Vanessa to not backdoor Austin and Clay backs her up. Vanessa says she can't put up Jackie because she gave her word. Jason is looking like the likely target.

Time for the veto meeting. Clay saves himself. Vanessa puts Jason up in his place. Many look confused.

I'll be posting a live feeds update later on tonight. Stay tuned!

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Tuesday into the Evening - July 28

Johnny Mac chillin' in his PJ pants

Good evening. Welcome to the live feeds update report of Big Brother, Got Lots of Pretty Pictures for you, but Not Much Action:

• Jason is pretty resigned to the fact he'll go home this week.
• He's not campaigning against Becky. 
• If he was up against someone like Steve, I'm sure he'd be going at it to stay.
• While Becky and Jason were talking, she thinks the vote will probably be 6-3. He thinks he only has Meg and perhaps one other. He thinks the hinky voter will be a no-show this week to cast the blame on him, but will reappear in a few weeks.
• Becky really wants to target Steve.
• Jason advised her to go for the other side's peripheral "characters" like Austin or Steve. After all, they're the puppets of that alliance.
• Clay and Shelli are getting the heat over the Jason nomination.
• Jason said any superfans shouldn't admit it when coming in the house.
• After all, people who watched two seasons of the show in pre-season sequester are staying in the house longer than he is.
• I say he perhaps should have upped his game a bit more.
• I do kind of wish they had had an endurance comp before he got the boot (yeah, I know he hasn't gotten the boot yet, but surely will). He is super built to do well in endurance. He weighs nothing and is wiry!
• The HoH camera came out.
• Whoopie pickle.
• Clay and Shelli think Jackie should be targeted next week.
• A whole lot of internet, phone, computers, past season talking going on.
• A whole lot of nuthin' going on.

Eek! I have an arm!

He's one with the squirrel

Put a shirt on. Geez.

Resigned

Can she fight the power?

What will she do without Jason?

Not as in as he thinks

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Overnight into Tuesday - July 28

Power moves in chess, not in BB

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of You Got to Know When to Hold 'em, Know When to Fold 'em:

• Vanessa feels bad about "taking away Jason's dreams."
• To me, that's the sad part about him going so early -- which I have no doubts he will this week.
• He's wanted to be in the house since he was ten years old. He has a dead-end job in a supermarket which he lost by going on the show and he lives in his mother's basement.
• Of course, if he were to win a half-million, he's one of the ones most likely to just blow through the money quickly, not spending any wisely (such as paying for education).
• It's sad.
• But, he knows the game. He should have been playing a bit more strategically.
• Meanwhile, Vanessa tried doing some damage control.
• Somehow, the blame for it all seems to be casting suspicion on Clay and Shelli.
• Hmm.
• Jason is helping that along by telling his buddies that they won't even look at him and knew all along he was the plan.
• James is really, really ticked. He feels used. 
• Vanessa keeps trying to tell everyone it wasn't just her decision, but it was indeed a last minute decision.
• Shelli tried to console Jason and tell him he should fight to stay.
• Jason, probably reading the cards better than Vanessa even, realizes that he has little chance to remain instead of Becky.
• I feel that way, too. It's kind of hopeless even though I'd rather watch Jason on the live feeds than Becky.
• Vanessa and Jackie talked about BB17 being flip-floppers and indecisive.
• You don't say!
• Oh, gosh. I don't think I can like Steve anymore. He was a Christine fan, even writing to her after the season.
• Ew! Ew!
• So, it looks like Jason should go this week and, if the power changes next week, it's likely Shelli (maybe Clay) will be a likely target.
• I'd still go for getting Austin out because he's creepy over Liz and, since the twins will both come in, he can go away.

How will I rid myself from him in September?

Let me blame it all on Chelli

I'm not happy, not.

Earned more $ than in his real job

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Monday into the Evening, Renom - July 27

Blindslided

Well, she finally made up her mind. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of  You Can't Tell Everybody They're Safe and Expect it to Work:

• Vanessa decided she needed to "make a judgment call."
• That call was to put Jason on the block in Clay's place.
•  While I can indeed see that Austin will probably be Mr. Loyal in her corner from here on out, the move breaks many promises she made and has possibly caused more problems for her personally.
• James is mad. He was asked to throw the BotB and, while he didn't lose, it was obvious he was trying to throw it.
• Jackie is mad.
• Becky is mad.
• Meg is crying.
• Jason, naturally, is well beyond mad. He even cried a few tears and he's not one to cry.
• Everyone from "the other side" went into this group of nominees for BotB thinking a certain deal was in place.
• They all feel betrayed.
• Everyone in the house was told Austin was the target.
• (Except Austin, of course.)
• Even Austin was trying to shift the target to Steve, not Jason.
• And, people knew about that.
• I'd personally prefer Becky to go home over Jason (even though she's my blog pool pick) because she brings little entertainment factor on the live feeds.
• At least Jason sometimes talks to us!
• I would have rather the Austin plan stick. He's creeping me out more and more. I've gotten to the point that he annoys me every time I see him on the live feeds.
• That's not a good thing.
• Alas, unless something drastically changes, they will keep Becky over Jason.

But Austin is in love. Too bad Liz isn't!

Body language says creep-out

We could have had a heads-up!

That wasn't the plan! I look bad now!

That wasn't the plan!

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Monday Blurb - July 27

May have to go back to the basement

This isn't a full-fledged report. I just wanted to let you know the latest -- Jason will go on the block when Clay saves himself.

Will this one stick? Or will Vanessa change her mind once again?

My head is spinning.